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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 9005562" data-attributes="member: 7006">You can make your backstory however the heck you want.&nbsp; You want your patron to have found you at level 1?&nbsp; You do it.&nbsp; You don't need a subclass &quot;game mechanic&quot; to be the flag that indicates that you actually now have a patron.&nbsp; Heck... you could never find out about your patron until level 17 within the story of the campaign and still play the game's mechanics exactly the same.&nbsp; Why do you have these abilities?&nbsp; Who knows?&nbsp; Does it matter within the narrative?&nbsp; Nope!&nbsp; Not if you don't want it to!I mean heck... what if the game didn't even have subclasses?&nbsp; Every warlock got the exact same features as every other one over all 20 levels.&nbsp; You would STILL be able to decide as part of your story and character arc just who it is gave you your abilities and when you found out about them.&nbsp; 1st level, 3rd level, 11th level, 17th level, NEVER!?!&nbsp; It doesn't matter.&nbsp; You decide along with the DM what your character's story ultimately is and you don't need a game mechanic to suddenly show up to indicate it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 9005562, member: 7006"] You can make your backstory however the heck you want. You want your patron to have found you at level 1? You do it. You don't need a subclass "game mechanic" to be the flag that indicates that you actually now have a patron. Heck... you could never find out about your patron until level 17 within the story of the campaign and still play the game's mechanics exactly the same. Why do you have these abilities? Who knows? Does it matter within the narrative? Nope! Not if you don't want it to! I mean heck... what if the game didn't even have subclasses? Every warlock got the exact same features as every other one over all 20 levels. You would STILL be able to decide as part of your story and character arc just who it is gave you your abilities and when you found out about them. 1st level, 3rd level, 11th level, 17th level, NEVER!?! It doesn't matter. You decide along with the DM what your character's story ultimately is and you don't need a game mechanic to suddenly show up to indicate it. [/QUOTE]

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